Tayden Bryant of Ramona set a school record of 51 points in a 77-43, Valley League victory over San Pasqual last week.
Fifty points was once an extremely rare accomplishment.
There have been many games of 50 points or more by an individual player since St. Augustine’s Tom Shaules scored 60 in the 1957-58 season against Crawford, years before the three-point field goal came into play.
The innumerable number of games and points and lack of sustained record keeping, or reporting, in earlier years make basketball a most challenging sport when it comes to posting stats of the “most”.
The table, which begins decades after the game came to San Diego, lists an evolution of individual high scoring. Additions, corrections welcomed:
| YEAR | NAME | TEAM | POINTS | OPPONENT | SCORE |
| 1939-40 | Bud Engle | Coronado | 35 | La Jolla | 57-16 |
| 1943-44 | Ivan Robinson | San Diego | 38 | Kearny | 70-25 |
| 1950-51 | Paul Lockridge | Fallbrook | 47 | Brown Military | 90-31 |
| 1956-57 | Tom Shaules | St. Augustine | 49 | Helix | 86-72 |
| 1957-58 | Shaules | 60 | Crawford | 102-38 | |
| 1969-70 | Rob Petrie | Julian | Mountain Empire | 115-76 | |
| 1976-77 | Mitchell Lilly | Madison | 61 | San Diego | 118-84 |
| 1989-90 | Tony Clark | Christian | 64 | La Jolla Country Day | 103-65 |
| 2004-05 | Tyrone Shelley | Crawford | 76 | Burlington Central, Canada | 138-29 |
| 2019-20 | Mikey Williams | San Ysidro | 77 | Kearny | 116-42 |
The so-called “Maffei Madness” San Diego Section poll conducted by the very sane John Maffei of the Union-Tribune:
First-place votes in parenthesis. Previous ranking (if changed) in italics.
Cal-Hi Sports rankings are by Mark Tennis, the newsletter’s publisher, with contribution from his statewide correspondents.
Max Preps essentially relies on individual school representatives.
| TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | MAXPREPS.COM | CAL-HI SPORTS |
| 1. Santa Fe Christian | 18-2 (11) | 170 | 1 | 18 (12) | 28 (Not Ranked) |
| 2. Victory Christian | 16-4 (4) | 160 | 2 | 38 (47) | Not Ranked |
| 3. Francis Parker | 10-9 | 135 | (5) | 78 (99) | On Bubble |
| 4. Mission Bay | 13-7 | 116 | (3) | 68 (84) | NR |
| 5. Cathedral | 13-7 | 95 | (4) | 99 (100) | NR |
| 6. La Costa Canyon | 16-5 | 83 | (9) | 61 (71) | NR |
| 7. San Marcos | 13-5 | 81 | (8) | 72 (94) | NR |
| 8. Olympian | 16-4 | 51 | (10) | 86 (83) | NR |
| 9. Mira Mesa | 15-5 | 36 | (Not Ranked) | 82 | NR |
| 10. Torrey Pines | 9-10 | 22 | (6) | 159 (144) | NR |
Others receiving votes: Madison (14-5, 18 points), Montgomery (14-5, 6), Brawley (14-4, 1), Pacific Ridge (16-4, 1), Rancho Buena Vista (11-10, 1).
VOTING PANEL (18)
John Maffei (San Diego Union-Tribune).
Aaron Burgin (Full-Time Hoops),
Steve Brand, Bodie DeSilva (Union-Tribune freelance contributors).
Todd Cassen, Ron Marquez (San Diego Section honchos).
Rick Smith (partletonsports.com).
Tom Helmantoler (Southern Conference).
Joe Evangelist, Rex Johnson (San Diego Section Advisory Committee).
Christian Pedersen (San Diego Sports Association).
Braden Surprenant (97.3-FM The Fan).
Dennis Ackerman, Steve (Biff) Dolan, John (Coach) Kentera, Adam Paul, Tom Ronco, Eric Williams (freelance contributors).
